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Greece
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Geography of Greece
• Greece is a small country in Europe near the Mediterranean Sea.
• The main part of Greece is on a peninsula.
• The rest of Greece is made up of islands.
• Greek Trade
Greek City-States
• Because Greece is made up of many islands, and has many tall mountains, the Greeks began to build city-states instead of one country.
• A city-state is a city with its own laws, rulers, and money.
• City-states were cities that acted like countries.
Sparta
• Sparta was a Greek city-state.• Sparta was very powerful and had its
own army.• Sparta conquered other city-states to
gain wealth and power.• There were three classes of people in
Sparta.• Citizens, non-citizens, and slaves.
Athens• Athens was another important Greek
city-state.• The people of Athens wanted to rule
themselves and not have a king or queen.
• Athens became the world’s first democracy around 508 B.C.
• A democracy is a government in which all citizens can vote and have equal say in what happens.
Pericles• Pericles was the
leader of creating democracy in Athens.
• He had many buildings constructed.
• Pericles had the Parthenon and the Acropolis built.